The single most common reason an aftermarket mirror order goes wrong is that the buyer specified the vehicle but not the variant. Two cars of the same make, model and year can take completely different mirrors. Run this checklist before you place an order.
A left-hand-drive market and a right-hand-drive market usually need mirrors built for opposite sides, and the two are not interchangeable — the mounting, glass curvature and wiring differ. Always state the destination market's drive side, and specify left-hand and right-hand quantities separately.
These use different housings and wiring. Confirm which the vehicle trim actually has — higher trims often add power fold on the same model year.
Heated glass has a demist element and extra wiring. Cold-climate markets almost always want it; hot-climate markets often do not. It changes the glass and the connector.
Many modern mirrors have a turn-signal repeater built into the housing or a puddle light underneath. A mirror with an embedded LED signal is a different part from a plain one — check whether the vehicle has it and whether the signal is integrated in the cover or the glass.
Vehicles with blind-spot detection use a mirror with an indicator lens and sensor provision. These are not interchangeable with non-BSM mirrors even on the same model.
Auto-dimming (electrochromic) glass, memory positioning, and kerb/tilt-down on reverse each add wiring and change the glass or actuator. Confirm before ordering.
Covers come primed (paint-to-match), textured black, or colour-coded. Specify which the market expects — a body-colour market will reject textured-black covers and vice versa.
A container of the wrong variant is money frozen in a warehouse and a broken promise to your own customer. Working with a supplier that knows the fitment map — which trim carries which mirror, which market needs which signal, which OE wiring matches which switch — turns sourcing from a gamble into a specification.
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